shiv

Meanings

Plural: shivs

Noun

a knife used as a weapon
A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

Verb

To stab (someone) with a shiv.
To stab (someone) with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

Origin / Etymology

First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).

Synonyms

chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, shank, shiv, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk

Scrabble Score: 10

shiv is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
shiv is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shiv is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

shiv is a valid Words With Friends word